orignal

Concepts

moose

🫎

elk

Canadian elk

alces

european elks

Alces alces

European elk

moose

🫎

elk

moose doe

elks

Synonyms

élan

élan d’Europe

wapiti

elan

Wapiti

alces alces

elk

Translations

Elch

🫎

alce

eland

alce

alce

ant

άλκη

alces

موظ

🫎

sığın

🫎

grã-besta

Europese eland

ελάφι Alces alces

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɔ.ʁi.ɲal/

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque: oreinak

In summary

Borrowed from Basque oreinak, plural of orein (“deer”). First attested in the texts of Samuel de Champlain as orignac.